Papio kindae has previously been considered a subspecies of P. cyanocephalus (Grubb et al. 2003; Groves 2001, 2005) and was assessed as such in 2008. It is now recognized as a full species because it is morphologically and genetically distinctive as the five other baboon species (Mittermeier et al. 2013). Preliminary behavioural observations also suggest significance differences compared with P. cyanocepahalus (Mittermeier et al. 2013).

This is an updated assessment to reflect the promotion of the subspecies to species-level and the inclusion of information previously contained within the former species-level assessment.

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern as the species is common, present in several major protected areas, and there are no major range-wide threats believed to be resulting in a significant population decline.

This species occurs in southwestern Tanzania (possibly as far north as the Mahale Mountains National Park), in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Zambia (west of the Luangwa River) and in northern Angola.